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In the last thirty years of his life, Leo Tolstoy developed a moral philosophy that embraced pacifism, vegetarianism, the renunciation of private property, and a refusal to comply with the state.

Giles Goddard embodies the story of the Church of England's struggle to be more diverse and inclusive.

Dom Andre Louf (+2010) was abbot of the Trappist-Cistercian monastery of Mont-des-Cats in northern France from 1963 to 1997.

Beginning with the Gospels and Acts and continuing through the letters and final book of the Bible, Panorama of the New Testament invites us into familiar scenes but with a wide angle lens to capture the big picture.

In recent years, stories of religious universities and institutions grappling with their slave-owning past have made headlines in the news.

In an age when fathers are more important than ever, how do you embark on your journey to manhood and know how to steer clear of the dangers along the way?

In Memory Eternal, Sergei Kan combines anthropology and history, anecdote and theory to portray the encounter between the Tlingit Indians and the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska in the late 1700s and to analyze the indigenous Orthodoxy that developed over the next 200 years.

What is it like to be a woman in ministry in Ireland?

With Courage and Compassion celebrates the contributions of women to nations, societies, churches, and the ecumenical movement.

Since the early 1990s there have been various movements designed to encourage 'masculine spirituality'.

Pastors are called to be not only leaders with vision, but also managers of congregational systems, says John Wimberly in The Business of the Church.

In effect Revelation and Theology is Schillebeeckx's general introduction to theology.

Winner of a third-place award in the morality, ethics, Christology, Mariology, and redemption category from the Catholic Media Association.

In 1917, the Beijing silk merchant Wei Enbo's vision of Jesus sparked a religious revival, characterized by healings, exorcisms, tongues-speaking, and, most provocatively, a call for a return to authentic Christianity that challenged the Western missionary establishment in China.

In Life in Christ Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher to the papal household, presents a project ofre-evangelization and spiritual renewal based on St.

A major new authoritative and comprehensive biography, shedding new light on the life and personality of the great Reformer - and the milieu in which he lived and worked.

A compelling new interpretation of early Mormonism, Samuel Brown's In Heaven as It Is On Earth views this religion through the lens of founder Joseph Smith's profound preoccupation with the specter of death.

The political potential of millenarian religion has long exercised the interests of scholars of western history and religion.

Augustine and Modernity is a fresh and challenging addition to current debates about the Augustinian origins of modern subjectivity and the Christian genesis of Western nihilism.

Certain mystics provocatively respond to the challenges which evil poses to their religious beliefs.

Answers to the most common questions and misconceptions about the Bible Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew about the Bible is a short and readable introduction to the Bibleits origins, interpretation, truthfulness, and authority.

Though known today largely for dating the creation of the world to 4004BC, James Ussher (1581-1656) was an important scholar and ecclesiastical leader in the seventeenth century.

It is God's choice to heal, when to heal, and how healing will occur.

This is a book on John Henry Newman's influence on some of the most fascinating characters of the 19th century - and their influence on him.

2021 Catholic Media Association Award third place award in church professional Fr.

This critical study of Karl Barth's Christian theological ethics discusses Barth's controversial and characteristically misunderstood ethics of divine command.

This book, the first history of the Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity, traces the origins of the order in the late nineteenth century through today.

Why churches in some democratic nations wield enormous political power while churches in other democracies don'tIn some religious countries, churches have drafted constitutions, restricted abortion, and controlled education.

This book project traces the thought of several Roman Catholic Modernists (and one especially virulent anti-Modernist) as they confronted the intellectual challenges posed by the Great war from war from 1895 to 1907.

In July 2007, Pope Benedict XVI issued Summorum Pontificum, designating two uses or forms of the Roman Rite, declaring the Missal of Paul VI to be the ordinary form and the 1962 Missal of John XXIII to be its extraordinary form.

PSALM 84 1 How dear to me is your dwelling, o God of hosts!

Are Eastern Orthodoxy and evangelicalism at all compatible?

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From being on the margins of scholarly debate for much of the past century and a half, religion is being recognized once again as an area of concern for scholars, politicians, and public policy makers, and thus, the role of religious and spiritual education has taken on a new importance.

This book examines the career of Rufus Anderson, the central figure in the formation and implementation of missionary ideology in the middle decades of the nineteenth century.

Explore the historical and theological roots of a synodal church and where the path of a new, inclusive listening church leads.

As a pastor, have you ever had a loss of words during those many trying moments in your ministry, when you found it difficult to express your true feelings?

In this unique book, readers are taken on a journey to explore the role of the imagination in the face of mystery, whether it be the mystery of God, whose full reality lies beyond our earthly horizons, or the deepest mysteries of life hinted at in the work of fiction.

Most students of history assume that the age of the warlord popes ended with the Renaissance, but, long after the victory of Catholic powers at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, the Papacy continued to entangle itself in martial affairs.

In the closing decades of the twelfth century, the Cistercian Order had become an important ecclesiastical and economic power in Europe.

Vanguard of the New Age unearths a largely ignored dimension of Canadian religious history.

Was creation a fantastic series of actions by God that long ago set the universe in motion?

Following a paradigm shift in his own personal understanding of mission, Vladimir Ubeivolc proposes the adoption of mission principles based on missio Dei to meet the social and spiritual needs of people in Moldova.

You've heard his name, you've probably heard your pastor quote him, but who is he really?